Data: Census Bureau; Chart: Neil Irwin/AxiosWe don’t know yet how the Iran war and the resulting surge in energy prices will ripple through the U.S. economy. We do know that American consumers were in pretty solid shape before it all began.The big picture: New retail sales and employment data out Wednesday morning point to anContinue Reading

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OPINION — For thirty years, American wars have contained a quiet assumption: that the skies were uncontested. From Grenada and Panama, through Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya – the US could reliably achieve air superiority very quickly, almost a preordained fighting condition. Operation Epic Fury, however, has challenged thatContinue Reading